1852 Chinese Proverbs
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"I heard" is good; "I saw" is better.2.
A bad man talks about what he has eaten and drunk -- a good man about what he has seen and heard.3.
A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.4.
A bad worker quarrels with his tools.5.
A bad workman blames his tools.6.
A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle.7.
A base person often thinks of a man of honor as mean as himself.8.
A beautiful bird is the only kind we cage.9.
A beautiful flower is incomplete without its leaves.10.
A big tree attracts the gale.11.
A big tree attracts the wind.12.
A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.13.
A bird cannot roost but on one branch. a mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.14.
A bird does not sing because he has the answer to something, he sings because he has a song.15.
A bird in your hand is worth more than 100 in the forest.16.
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.17.
A bit of fragrance always sticks to the hand that gives you roses.18.
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.19.
A blind cat catches only a dead rat.20.
A book holds a house of gold.